Encore Noir II's Only U.S. Event Is Five Days Away

The Perez-Carrillo Encore Noir II shipped as an international exclusive with just 1,500 boxes of 10 produced worldwide, and there is exactly one domestic access point: Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, New Hampshire, which received 250 of those boxes for a launch weekend on July 24 and 25. Both Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo III are attending, a father-and-son appearance for a release that marks a real directional shift in the Encore line. Where the 2024 original used an Ecuadorian wrapper over Dominican and Nicaraguan filler, the Noir II is entirely Nicaraguan from wrapper to foot, with the wrapper aged more than five years in bales before rolling. The company describes it as richer and more intense than the original while keeping the series' balance intact. At $17 per cigar and 250 boxes to work with, allocation at the event will move quickly. For smokers within a reasonable drive of Salem, this weekend is the only realistic domestic window on this release.